On one side, the ultra-hardliners who oppose any negotiations with the United States are pressing for total victory in the war. The unusually open rivalry within the theocracy's leadership points to a struggle for control over Iran's postwar future. Pezeshkian and his camp have pushed back, portraying IRIB as dividing the country at the time of war. That brought a rebuke from Tasnim, a news agency close to the Revolutionary Guard, which said the statement amounted to blaming Iran for a war started by the United States. Both sides are looking to what happens after the warUltimately, both sides are jockeying for power after the war, given the unusual uncertainty brought on by the change in the supreme leadership.